Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans left their African homeland and entered Europe, then a bleak and inhospitable continent in the grip...

Interviews with those close to the talented footballer reveal the different factors which may have contributed to his untimely end.

Eyewitnesses give first hand testimony about the worst natural disaster to strike Britain in modern times. On 31 January 1953, a massive storm and...

How the 1948 Olympic Games came into being, as the world struggled to cope in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the Games were held for...

Dr Richard Clay goes in search of what it is that has made us scribble and scratch mementoes of our lives for more than 30,000 years. From the...

"The Great Polar Bear Feast" is the astonishing story of an annual natural phenomenon that occurs in early September on the north slope of the...

Exploring one of the most devastating but little-known disasters in London's history, this documentary reveals the shocking events that unfolded...

In this documentary, filmed on location in Paris, Richard Clay argues that the French Revolution of 1789 was not quite as clear-cut in terms of its...